A well-written poem uses words sparsely, paints an idea and invokes a feeling and mood often employing two words alone.  Line after line the verse describes something that prose or dialogue is not able to capture.  The relationship between words, not always obvious, imagines for us a world that transports the soul.  Change the position of a single word and the poem takes on a different life.  It is not only the arrangement that expresses meaning, the choice of one word over another, though th...
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I noticed in an interaction with a friend last night that it is difficult for most people to sit in a pause.  We tend to rush in and fill it, with anything.  With chatter or activity.  In those moments where there seems to be nothing going on, where the silence, or non-action is prevalent, we feel a great desire to make a noise or do something. 

Consider music for a moment, the rest, the pause, belongs to the music as much as the notes.  The rest insists on a contribution to the melody, to th...
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A well-written poem uses words sparsely, paints an idea and invokes a feeling and mood often employing two words alone.  Line after line the verse describes something that prose or dialogue is not able to capture.  The relationship between words, not always obvious, imagines for us a world that transports the soul.  Change the position of a single word and the poem takes on a different life.  It is not only the arrangement that expresses meaning, the choice of one word over another, though th...
Continue reading ...

I noticed in an interaction with a friend last night that it is difficult for most people to sit in a pause.  We tend to rush in and fill it, with anything.  With chatter or activity.  In those moments where there seems to be nothing going on, where the silence, or non-action is prevalent, we feel a great desire to make a noise or do something. 

Consider music for a moment, the rest, the pause, belongs to the music as much as the notes.  The rest insists on a contribution to the melody, to th...
Continue reading ...